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* Make: (make). Remake files automatically.
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File: make.info, Node: Name Index, Prev: Concept Index, Up: Top
Index of Functions, Variables, & Directives
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* Menu:
* $%: Automatic Variables. (line 37)
* $(%D): Automatic Variables. (line 130)
* $(%F): Automatic Variables. (line 131)
* $(*D): Automatic Variables. (line 125)
* $(*F): Automatic Variables. (line 126)
* $(+D): Automatic Variables. (line 148)
* $(+F): Automatic Variables. (line 149)
* $(<D): Automatic Variables. (line 138)
* $(<F): Automatic Variables. (line 139)
* $(?D): Automatic Variables. (line 154)
* $(?F): Automatic Variables. (line 155)
* $(@D): Automatic Variables. (line 114)
* $(@F): Automatic Variables. (line 120)
* $(^D): Automatic Variables. (line 143)
* $(^F): Automatic Variables. (line 144)
* $*: Automatic Variables. (line 83)
* $*, and static pattern: Static Usage. (line 82)
* $+: Automatic Variables. (line 73)
* $<: Automatic Variables. (line 43)
* $?: Automatic Variables. (line 48)
* $@: Automatic Variables. (line 30)
* $^: Automatic Variables. (line 63)
* $|: Automatic Variables. (line 79)
* % (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 37)
* %D (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 130)
* %F (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 131)
* * (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 83)
* * (automatic variable), unsupported bizarre usage: Missing. (line 44)
* *D (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 125)
* *F (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 126)
* + (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 73)
* +D (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 148)
* +F (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 149)
* -load: load Directive. (line 65)
* .DEFAULT: Special Targets. (line 22)
* .DEFAULT <1>: Last Resort. (line 23)
* .DEFAULT, and empty recipes: Empty Recipes. (line 16)
* .DEFAULT_GOAL (define default goal): Special Variables. (line 34)
* .DELETE_ON_ERROR: Special Targets. (line 100)
* .DELETE_ON_ERROR <1>: Errors. (line 63)
* .EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES: Special Targets. (line 164)
* .EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES <1>: Variables/Recursion. (line 94)
* .EXTRA_PREREQS (prerequisites not added to automatic variables): Special Variables.
(line 202)
* .FEATURES (list of supported features): Special Variables. (line 121)
* .IGNORE: Special Targets. (line 107)
* .IGNORE <1>: Errors. (line 30)
* .INCLUDE_DIRS (list of include directories): Special Variables.
(line 196)
* .INTERMEDIATE: Special Targets. (line 47)
* .LIBPATTERNS: Libraries/Search. (line 6)
* .LOADED: load Directive. (line 62)
* .LOW_RESOLUTION_TIME: Special Targets. (line 120)
* .NOTINTERMEDIATE: Special Targets. (line 53)
* .NOTPARALLEL: Special Targets. (line 171)
* .NOTPARALLEL <1>: Parallel Disable. (line 16)
* .ONESHELL: Special Targets. (line 184)
* .ONESHELL <1>: One Shell. (line 6)
* .PHONY: Phony Targets. (line 22)
* .PHONY <1>: Special Targets. (line 8)
* .POSIX: Special Targets. (line 191)
* .POSIX <1>: Options/Recursion. (line 69)
* .PRECIOUS: Special Targets. (line 31)
* .PRECIOUS <1>: Interrupts. (line 22)
* .RECIPEPREFIX (change the recipe prefix character): Special Variables.
(line 99)
* .SECONDARY: Special Targets. (line 63)
* .SECONDEXPANSION: Secondary Expansion. (line 6)
* .SECONDEXPANSION <1>: Special Targets. (line 93)
* .SHELLFLAGS: Choosing the Shell. (line 6)
* .SHELLFLAGS <1>: Choosing the Shell. (line 87)
* .SHELLSTATUS: Shell Function. (line 30)
* .SILENT: Special Targets. (line 151)
* .SILENT <1>: Echoing. (line 24)
* .SUFFIXES: Special Targets. (line 16)
* .SUFFIXES <1>: Suffix Rules. (line 61)
* .VARIABLES (list of variables): Special Variables. (line 112)
* .WAIT: Parallel Disable. (line 51)
* /usr/gnu/include: Include. (line 53)
* /usr/include: Include. (line 53)
* /usr/local/include: Include. (line 53)
* < (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 43)
* <D (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 138)
* <F (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 139)
* ? (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 48)
* ?D (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 154)
* ?F (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 155)
* @ (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 30)
* @D (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 114)
* @F (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 120)
* ^ (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 63)
* ^D (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 143)
* ^F (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 144)
* | (automatic variable): Automatic Variables. (line 79)
* abspath: File Name Functions. (line 120)
* addprefix: File Name Functions. (line 78)
* addsuffix: File Name Functions. (line 67)
* and: Conditional Functions.
(line 45)
* AR: Implicit Variables. (line 40)
* ARFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 113)
* AS: Implicit Variables. (line 43)
* ASFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 116)
* basename: File Name Functions. (line 56)
* bindir: Directory Variables. (line 57)
* call: Call Function. (line 6)
* CC: Implicit Variables. (line 46)
* CFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 120)
* CO: Implicit Variables. (line 66)
* COFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 126)
* COMSPEC: Choosing the Shell. (line 41)
* CPP: Implicit Variables. (line 52)
* CPPFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 129)
* CTANGLE: Implicit Variables. (line 103)
* CURDIR: Recursion. (line 28)
* CWEAVE: Implicit Variables. (line 97)
* CXX: Implicit Variables. (line 49)
* CXXFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 123)
* define: Multi-Line. (line 6)
* DESTDIR: DESTDIR. (line 6)
* dir: File Name Functions. (line 16)
* else: Conditional Syntax. (line 6)
* endef: Multi-Line. (line 6)
* endif: Conditional Syntax. (line 6)
* error: Make Control Functions.
(line 11)
* eval: Eval Function. (line 6)
* exec_prefix: Directory Variables. (line 39)
* export: Variables/Recursion. (line 38)
* FC: Implicit Variables. (line 56)
* FFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 133)
* file: File Function. (line 6)
* filter: Text Functions. (line 116)
* filter-out: Text Functions. (line 134)
* findstring: Text Functions. (line 105)
* firstword: Text Functions. (line 186)
* flavor: Flavor Function. (line 6)
* foreach: Foreach Function. (line 6)
* GET: Implicit Variables. (line 69)
* GFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 136)
* gmk-eval: Guile Interface. (line 18)
* gmk-expand: Guile Interface. (line 12)
* gmk_add_function: Loaded Object API. (line 53)
* gmk_alloc: Loaded Object API. (line 149)
* gmk_eval: Loaded Object API. (line 123)
* gmk_expand: Loaded Object API. (line 117)
* gmk_free: Loaded Object API. (line 155)
* gmk_func_ptr: Loaded Object API. (line 95)
* GNUmakefile: Makefile Names. (line 7)
* GPATH: Search Algorithm. (line 48)
* guile: Guile Function. (line 6)
* if: Conditional Functions.
(line 6)
* if <1>: Conditional Functions.
(line 12)
* ifdef: Conditional Syntax. (line 6)
* ifeq: Conditional Syntax. (line 6)
* ifndef: Conditional Syntax. (line 6)
* ifneq: Conditional Syntax. (line 6)
* include: Include. (line 6)
* info: Make Control Functions.
(line 43)
* intcmp: Conditional Functions.
(line 53)
* join: File Name Functions. (line 89)
* lastword: Text Functions. (line 199)
* LDFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 139)
* LDLIBS: Implicit Variables. (line 144)
* let: Let Function. (line 6)
* LEX: Implicit Variables. (line 72)
* LFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 150)
* libexecdir: Directory Variables. (line 70)
* LINT: Implicit Variables. (line 80)
* LINTFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 162)
* load: load Directive. (line 9)
* LOADLIBES: Implicit Variables. (line 144)
* M2C: Implicit Variables. (line 60)
* MAKE: MAKE Variable. (line 6)
* MAKE <1>: Simple Assignment. (line 38)
* MAKECMDGOALS: Goals. (line 30)
* Makefile: Makefile Names. (line 7)
* makefile: Makefile Names. (line 7)
* MAKEFILES: MAKEFILES Variable. (line 6)
* MAKEFILES <1>: Variables/Recursion. (line 134)
* MAKEFILE_LIST (list of parsed makefiles): Special Variables.
(line 8)
* MAKEFLAGS: Options/Recursion. (line 6)
* MAKEINFO: Implicit Variables. (line 83)
* MAKELEVEL: Variables/Recursion. (line 122)
* MAKELEVEL <1>: Simple Assignment. (line 38)
* MAKEOVERRIDES: Options/Recursion. (line 58)
* MAKESHELL (MS-DOS alternative to SHELL): Choosing the Shell.
(line 27)
* MAKE_HOST: Quick Reference. (line 360)
* MAKE_RESTARTS (number of times make has restarted): Special Variables.
(line 73)
* MAKE_TERMERR (whether stderr is a terminal): Special Variables.
(line 80)
* MAKE_TERMOUT (whether stdout is a terminal): Special Variables.
(line 80)
* MAKE_VERSION: Quick Reference. (line 355)
* MFLAGS: Options/Recursion. (line 74)
* notdir: File Name Functions. (line 26)
* or: Conditional Functions.
(line 37)
* origin: Origin Function. (line 6)
* OUTPUT_OPTION: Catalogue of Rules. (line 204)
* override: Override Directive. (line 6)
* patsubst: Substitution Refs. (line 28)
* patsubst <1>: Text Functions. (line 18)
* PC: Implicit Variables. (line 63)
* PFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 156)
* prefix: Directory Variables. (line 29)
* private: Suppressing Inheritance.
(line 6)
* realpath: File Name Functions. (line 113)
* RFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 159)
* RM: Implicit Variables. (line 106)
* sbindir: Directory Variables. (line 63)
* SHELL: Choosing the Shell. (line 6)
* SHELL <1>: Choosing the Shell. (line 88)
* shell: Shell Function. (line 6)
* SHELL (recipe execution): Execution. (line 6)
* sort: Text Functions. (line 148)
* strip: Text Functions. (line 81)
* subst: Multiple Targets. (line 39)
* subst <1>: Text Functions. (line 9)
* suffix: File Name Functions. (line 42)
* SUFFIXES: Suffix Rules. (line 81)
* TANGLE: Implicit Variables. (line 100)
* TEX: Implicit Variables. (line 87)
* TEXI2DVI: Implicit Variables. (line 90)
* undefine: Undefine Directive. (line 6)
* unexport: Variables/Recursion. (line 43)
* value: Value Function. (line 6)
* VPATH: Directory Search. (line 6)
* VPATH <1>: General Search. (line 6)
* vpath: Directory Search. (line 6)
* vpath <1>: Selective Search. (line 6)
* warning: Make Control Functions.
(line 35)
* WEAVE: Implicit Variables. (line 94)
* wildcard: Wildcard Function. (line 6)
* wildcard <1>: File Name Functions. (line 106)
* word: Text Functions. (line 160)
* wordlist: Text Functions. (line 169)
* words: Text Functions. (line 181)
* YACC: Implicit Variables. (line 76)
* YFLAGS: Implicit Variables. (line 153)
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